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deerhorn’ gauge from Shaktolik (figure 5, plate LXxiI) is similar in 
form to the preceding; it has a circular hole through the middle, sur- 
rounded by an incised circle; the handle is pierced with four holes, 
three of equal sizeand one larger. Figure 9, plate LX XII, shows a hand- 
somely made ivory gauge from Cape Vancouver, with a handle wrapped 
by spruce roots, and figure 6, plate LXXu1, illustrates a small gauge from 
Kushunuk, made of deerhorn, with a handle enlarged toward the butt. 
The deerhorn gauge from Nunivak island shown in figure 11, plate 
LXXU, is grooved along the upper edge and has a handle terminating 
in a hook curved downward. 
The specimen from Nubviukhchugaluk (figure 1, plate LXX1I) is a 
small gauge entirely different in form from the others. It is of deer- 
horn, with a handle oval in cross section, from which it projects at a 
right angle a little over two inches. 
SHUTTLES AND NEEDLES 
The shuttles used in making nets also vary considerably in size and 
form, according to locality and to the purpose for which the nets are to 
be used. 
Figure 14, plate Lxxtu, illustrates a small wooden shuttle from 
Sledge island, used for making fine-mesh nets. The long, slender, ivory 
shuttle, shown in figure 26, plate Lx111, is also from Sledge island. 
The long, slender shuttle from Cape Nome, shown in figure 25, plate 
LXX111, has the central portion of wood and the two ends made of bone, 
with a wedge-shape notch on the inner side, into which the tapering 
ends of the wooden portion are fitted and held in position by means of 
a series of cross rivets. 
The shuttle from the lower Yukon (figure 28, plate LXXII1) is made of 
deerhorn and has conventional figures-and patterns etched on one 
surface. Another deerhorn shuttle from Cape Nome (figure 18, plate 
LXXIIL) has four reindeer etched on one side. The specimen from Kot- 
zebue sound (figure 27, plate LXx111) is a long, plain, deerhorn shuttle. 
The deerhorn shuttle from Nunivak island (figure 19, plate LXxx1z1) 
has the end openings deeper than usual and the borders along the sides 
are raised above the plane of the flat, central portion. One of the arms 
is made from a separate piece and is attached by means of sinew cords 
passed through three holes in the main part of the shuttle. 
The specimen from Cape Nome shown in figure 24, plate LXXx1IJ, is a 
long wooden shuttle. At the bottom of the notch in each end it is 
crossed by a sinew lashing, to prevent it from splitting, the lashing 
passing through two holes on each side of the edge. A deep groove 
runs along the sides between the notches in the ends. ‘The long 
wooden shuttle from Sledge island represented in figure 23, plate 
LXXIII, has a deep groove along the sides between the notches. 
Figure 20, plate LXX111, shows a large, heavy, wooden shuttle, such 
as is used in making nets for catehing white whales or large seals. It 
